NahtvsNameWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Naht” and “Name” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,136
“Naht” frequency rank
#638
“Name” frequency rank
12774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Naht Name
Definition Linie, wo sich zwei durch Nähen verbundene Stoffe berühren eine eingliedrige oder mehrgliedrige, aus einem oder mehreren Worten bestehende Bezeichnung, eine zugeordnete Information, die der Identifizierung und Individualisierung dient, ein Eigenname für

Where the eye mixes Naht and Name

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Naht
4 ch
Name

Look-alike desk: Naht vs Name

A purely visual mix-up. Naht ([naːt]) and Name ([ˈnaːmə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Naht is recorded at frequency rank #12,136, classified as anoun, pronounced [naːt]. Name is at rank #638, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈnaːmə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 12774, this pair ranks #1,962,118 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Naht vs Name

Shared letters: an. Private to "Naht": ht. Private to "Name": em.

"Naht" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Name" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Nahtanht · nahht · nahtt · nath · nhat · nnaht
  • Nameanme · naem · namme · nmae · nname

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Naht" for "Name" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([naːt] versus [ˈnaːmə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Naht" or "Name" show up more?
"Name" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #638 in our German list, against #12,136 for "Naht". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Naht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Name" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,962,118 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Naht" and "Name" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nagy vs Naht". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,962,118 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list